Social Entrepreneurship
Closing the health food gap
In New York, many low-income neighborhoods that lack access to fresh and affordable fruits and vegetables now have help.
Bank becomes rich by lending to poor
ACLEDA Bank began as a micro-lender, loaning tiny sums to allow Cambodians to open small businesses -- now it's become the country's largest bank. ...
Nicholas Negroponte and One Laptop Per Child
Nicholas Negroponte is out to change the world by giving laptops to kids in remote places....
Norwegian inventor's cardboard oven combats climate change
A solar-powered oven made out of cardboard and tinfoil could help combat climate change by offering an alternative for people who rely on firewood to cook their food....
Architects fight climate change
A group of architects have joined forces to design buildings that use no fossil fuels by the year 2030....
Data collection via mobile phone
A new tool available called FrontlineForms could help collect health, agricultural, and human rights data via a mobile phone network in many parts of the world....
Investing in an interconnected world
There’s another side to finance that starts with a youthful impulse to save the world and evolves into something both savvy and humane....
Microlending in America
An ambitious social experiment will launch later this year that will test Americans' ability and willingness not just to give, but to give to one another....
Grassroots savings plan helps many in tough times
A susu could be one of the safest places to park your money these days; this type of informal investment club got to the United States through immigrant communities....
U.S. defense firms' future in peacekeeping
Companies that make military planes are now in the business of training peacekeepers in places like Darfur....
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